Twitter: AFPMissouri “Limited government supporters won a victory today! Missouri House passes tax cut. Needs Senate acceptance next week or two.” markparkinson “SB 71 Passes the MO House…major victory for the taxpayers of Missouri. Congratulations taxpayers, you are the true winners today.” Missouri taxpayers are getting ever closer to receiving their $500 refund check that […]

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UPDATE: Political Fix: Oops! Rep. Don Calloway clears up traffic ticket in Callaway According to these comments left on the Political Fix yesterday, we now know the REAL reason freshman State Rep. Don Calloway is walking home from Jefferson City after the close of the legislative session next month; HIS DRIVER’S LICENSE IS REVOKED!!! And […]

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The term we used in our title is the best we could come up with to describe the current budget mess. Speaker Richard, who proved he was not ready for prime time last Friday when he foolishly told Fox News that he had talked to the treasury about “redistributing” stimulus money back to taxpayers –when […]

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From Twitter: “Don Calloway is the last one who should be talking about who should and should not be respected. There are mirrors in the Capitol.” Related: Quote of the Day: “I Would Respectfully Ask for an Apology…” Quote of the Day: “I Look Forward Advocating Women’s Issues in the Capital”

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If Speaker Richard has is way, we are about to witness redistributionism, not in theory, but in its glorious practice. The Speaker is proposing to “redistribute” $1 Billion dollars from Missouri’s “stimulus” money back to the people. So let’s get this straight. The borrowed and printed money Missouri is set to receive is going to […]

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Sen. Jeff Smith met Paris Hilton at the Ameristar Casino in St. Charles on February 24th of last year. It will be interesting to see if the Sunshine Law requests by the Missouri Republican Party and Antonio French of PubDef for the Missouri Gaming Commission tapes are honored, since those records were promised once the Smith and […]

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Usually we’re in lock step agreement with our friends over at Bungalow Bills Conservative Wisdom, but today, we have to make an exception. It seems that freshman State Representative Eric Burlison has raised the ire of one of the posters: “Eric Burlison, representative for Missouri’s 136th District was on the Vincent David Jericho show this […]

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Missouri Libertarian Party press release: Does Refusal of House and Senate Republicans to Investigate the MIAC “Strategic Memo” Show Lt. Governor Peter Kinder is Too Weak to Lead? (Columbia, MO) – The worst-kept secret in Missouri politics is Lt. Governor Peter Kinder’s plan to challenge Governor Jay Nixon in 2012. The Missouri Libertarian Party asks […]

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Despite rhetoric of non-partisanship in the bidding process for state fee-offices, Governor Jay Nixon has ensured that the process is politicized by throwing his weight behind political cronies bidding on lucrative offices throughout the state. According to our sources, chief fundraiser for Nixon, Margaret Ogden has been “putting in a good word” at the Department […]

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By Jacob McCleland A new bill introduced in the Missouri Senate would allow the Department of Social Services to perform drug tests on recipients of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. Sen. Jason Crowell proposed the legislation. He says that the TANF program’s intention is to be temporary. It’s a way to help […]

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